Yes, Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary loss was a huge upset, a shocker, literally historic in nature.And Cantor must be, to say the very least, down in the dumps about it.While Congress is deeply flawed for many of the reasons that Norm Ornstein flags in his most recent lament on the body, where partisanship, ideological polarization, the breakdown of salubrious institutional norms, and a decline in substantive debate have all contributed to years of alarming dysfunction, I have to dissent from his assessment that the 114th Congress, the one now in session, may be “the worst ever,” even granting its inability to pass a budget, its failure to fill judicial vacancies, its inaction on the Zika epidemic, and its failed approach to drug policy.I dissent for the same reason that I cited when Ornstein declared the 112th Congress among the worst ever because of the GOP’s political brinksmanship; while legislators ill-serve their country when they cynically let their political posturing undermine good governance, failing to compromise even when doing so would improve on the status-quo, a gridlocked, “do-nothing” Congress, as suboptimal as it is, is nevertheless preferable to a “do-something-awful” Congress.His colleagues have been speaking in language of death and mourning.House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday night that his "thoughts are with him and Diana and their kids tonight."But once everything settles and Cantor figures out what exactly he wants to do after his term in Congress ends, one option remains exceedingly attractive and absurdly lucrative: K Street.After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, its members passed an Authorization to Use Military Force, or AUMF, with just one dissenting vote, Representative Barbara Lee.

Now, as the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, he likely makes more than

Now, as the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, he likely makes more than $1 million a year.

The World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna, Austria, in 1993, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the same year, concluded that civil society and governments have acknowledged that domestic violence is a public health policy and human rights concern.

In the United States, according to the National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey of 2010 1 in 6 women suffered some kind of sexual violence induced by their intimate partner during the course of their lives.

If he chooses that route, he'd be following in the footsteps of many other high-profile congressmen who have traded legislation for lobbying. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 31 representatives out of 97 who left after the 112th Congress are now employed in lobbying or are clients of lobbying firms.

(See a list of representatives from the 112th Congress now on K Street here.) Depending on the representatives' tenure and committee appointments, salaries can reach the millions.

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Now, as the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, he likely makes more than $1 million a year.The World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna, Austria, in 1993, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the same year, concluded that civil society and governments have acknowledged that domestic violence is a public health policy and human rights concern.In the United States, according to the National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey of 2010 1 in 6 women suffered some kind of sexual violence induced by their intimate partner during the course of their lives.If he chooses that route, he'd be following in the footsteps of many other high-profile congressmen who have traded legislation for lobbying. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 31 representatives out of 97 who left after the 112th Congress are now employed in lobbying or are clients of lobbying firms.(See a list of representatives from the 112th Congress now on K Street here.) Depending on the representatives' tenure and committee appointments, salaries can reach the millions.Frederick is pleased to make his ninth appearance in concert with the 1970 Schlicker organ located in the organ loft of First Lutheran Church in Lyons, New York (north of New York Thruway Exit 42 between Rochester and Syracuse).

million a year.The World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna, Austria, in 1993, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the same year, concluded that civil society and governments have acknowledged that domestic violence is a public health policy and human rights concern.In the United States, according to the National Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Survey of 2010 1 in 6 women suffered some kind of sexual violence induced by their intimate partner during the course of their lives.If he chooses that route, he'd be following in the footsteps of many other high-profile congressmen who have traded legislation for lobbying. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 31 representatives out of 97 who left after the 112th Congress are now employed in lobbying or are clients of lobbying firms.(See a list of representatives from the 112th Congress now on K Street here.) Depending on the representatives' tenure and committee appointments, salaries can reach the millions.Frederick is pleased to make his ninth appearance in concert with the 1970 Schlicker organ located in the organ loft of First Lutheran Church in Lyons, New York (north of New York Thruway Exit 42 between Rochester and Syracuse).